Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said she understood Gov. Andrew Cuomo's efforts to re-engage Amazon.
, Ocasio-Cortez's chief of staff Saikat Chakrabarti, said she objected to the"process" by which Amazon said it would come to New York, rather than being fully opposed to Amazon setting up shop in the city.Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez hits back at Times Square billboard that blames her for Amazon canceling its New York HQ2
"The deal was sprung on the community without any input and there's a real cost whenever tech companies come in without community input. Rents go up, people get evicted, there's an actual human cost," he said. Chakrabarti emphasised that it was Amazon who chose to leave the negotiating table once community voices were brought in. When asked whether he'd welcome Amazon back to the negotiating table, Chakrabarti said:"We'd welcome having a process, yes... but I don't know where the talks are at this stage."
He added:"If we can do it through a community process and there's a way for the community to actually engage and make their demands heard, I think that would have been a better way to have done that."responded to questions about Gov. Andrew Cuomo"I don't think I was disappointed per se, I understand his [Cuomo's] position and I understand why he would want to bring them back to the negotiating table.
According to The New York Times, Cuomo has been speaking with Amazon executives, including CEO Jeff Bezos, to try to get the company to change course. Business leaders are also doing their bit,
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